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milk tea

Good morning, kitty! For my milk tea. Kawaii! ^_^

This dinner was to introduce Olivia to the yumminess that is Kobachi. She had a good time. Hot sake for Olivia, and cold shochu with oolong for me. The food starts with a green seaweed salad. Then three around of sushi: albacore nigiri, shiitake nigiri and eggplant nigiri. Next: a chef’s creation that we determined [...]

Kobachi Izakaya Dining

Another yummy dinner at Kobachi! Top row: Hamachi kama – broiled yellowtail collar. Nasu dengaku – broiled eggplant with red miso. Crispy shima ebi – dozens of small shrimp, breaded, fried and dusted lightly with curry powder. Bottom row: Nigiri of halibut and another fish I’ve since forgotten. Rock n’ Roll – eel roll. We’d [...]

Arigato

I went to Arigato with two acquaintances. One’s Cynthia, a former Santa Barbara resident, and whenever she comes through town she must have two things: the fresh tortillas from a taqueria on Milpas, and the sushi from Arigato. We went on a Monday evening (kudos for actually being open on a Monday when so many [...]

Nihonmachi

Today was an event at el Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park to celebrate the area’s Asian American Neighborhood back in the 1900s-1950s. Jimmy’s was from that era, where Chinatown was on one side of East Canon Perdido Street and Japantown, or Nihonmachi, was on the other side of the street. It was free [...]

Kobachi Izakaya Dining

Like last year, the first thing we did upon returning to Santa Barbara is get dinner at Kobachi. A birthday dinner, in fact, for Pauline. We got a lot of the old favorites, but tried a couple new things. Top: cold sake, mame aju nanban, chicken tsukune. Middle: aburi saba. Bottom: saba miso yaki, shiitake [...]

Mikuni Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar – Roseville

If it’s your birthday, you can spin the wheel of Mikuni fortune here! And just our luck, it’s Ted’s birthday. We were hoping to win the bag of rice, everyone can use a bag of rice. But first, a few nibbles. It’s good to try another restaurant’s agedashi tofu, because we’re so used to our [...]

Sushi Pier – Reno

A fellow BRC denizen recommended this place as a good Reno pitstop, so we came here after 8 days of extreme desert camping, absolutely famished for some fresh raw food. Calling ahead, the person on the phone said it was totally okay for two grubby campers to come in. Arriving just a few minutes after [...]

Blue Nami – Roseville

Last year Blue Nami had a late night happy hour with a small menu of half price rolls. I guess the recession is still in full swing because the cheap rolls menu is now available all day. We didn’t know that and rolled in around 10 pm, but we could have gone earlier. This one’s [...]

Kobachi Izakaya Dining

I think I can squeeze one more trip to Kobachi before going on vacation. This dinner was for a visiting Belgian woman, who was staying with my parents while researching another Belgian that my mother dated many many years ago. It’s a long story. Top: octopus and scallops, pork belly skewers with red miso glaze, [...]

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